Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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Updated: Registrar Keith Balmer confirmed Barbara Burgo’s removal from 3rd District.
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Races in Northern Virginia and Virginia Beach could help decide control of the U.S. House.
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Central Virginia Transportation Authority says robust transit crucial to economy.
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Voters who missed the Oct. 15 registration cutoff can still vote — with extra steps.
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Mayor Levar Stoney previously rejected the model.
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Public tours at the Williamsburg Bray School are expected to begin in 2025.
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With the war between Israel and Iran now in its second week, the two countries continued to trade missile attacks on Saturday, and Iran's foreign minister warned against a U.S. strike on Iran.
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Sophie and Colin Hortman remember their parents, Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman, as "the bright lights at the center of our lives." The couple was murdered in their home last weekend.
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A money-obsessed NYC matchmaker is wooed by a financial investor and a cater waiter in a romantic drama that has its protagonist finding strength and emotional growth via a side character's suffering.
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The suspect in the killing of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband texted, "Dad went to war last night,' evoking the language of the far right, Christian anti-abortion movement.
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There's a specific kind of math that could determine just how much longer the war can go — how many long-range missiles Iran has versus how many missile interceptors Israel has to shoot them down.
Arts & Culture
- Shooting fireworks over a historic— and flammable — city takes planning
- Geologists uncover new evidence from ancient asteroid that hit the Chesapeake Bay
- Recent Hanover museum exhibit examines Brown Grove's history, legacy
- On Juneteenth, she celebrates the role quilts may have played in Underground Railroad